Excerpt from The Privateers
The wind by this time had risen to a petty gale, and came over the brow Of the cliffs from the sea with considerable force. The blue sea was aglitter with foam-heads, and in the dim haze Of the horizon one seemed to discern, or imagine, the mass Of the adjacent continent. Sea-birds cried and ?ew 'twixt the cliff and the water, and a small steamer ploughed heavily across the middle distance, rounding the Island from Shanklin or Ventnor. I made these observations with a mind pleasantly and idly occupied, and then I turned and saw Miss Lovell.
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| ISBN: | 9781334095948 |
| Publication date: | 19th April 2018 |
| Author: | Henry Brereton Marriott Watson |
| Publisher: | Forgotten Books an imprint of Fb&c Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 442 pages |
| Genres: |
Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction |